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Murder Has Always Been a Part of Children’s Books, Author Finds

By Guest PostNovember 10, 2013Culture, Generalapes, bloody murder, children book, database, edgar rice burroughs, fatal violence, grimm brothers, harry potter, hollins university, hunger games, juvenile fiction, mark twain, michelle ann abate, murder, nancy drew, part, racism, roanoke, sexism, snow white, tarzan, violence

Violence in ‘Hunger Games’ not unusual for children’s lit

COLUMBUS, Ohio – If you think the Hunger Games novels are too violent for their intended young readers, try re-reading classic children’s books from the past.

From Snow White to Tarzan of the Apes to Harry Potter, literature for children and teens has always been awash in violence and murder, according to a new book by Michelle Ann Abate, associate professor of literature for children and young adults at The Ohio State University. (more…)

Killing Kings

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2011Culturebanquet, byzantine emperor, Cambridge University, charles, cold climates, criminologist, early middle ages, Europe, european kings, history, homicide, johann of swabia, john tzimiskes, killing kings, king of castile, manuel eisner, modern era, monarch, muhammed, murder, nikephoros, northumbria, norway, peter of castile, political elites, prince edward, Seville, soldier, sultan of granada, theophano, venetian doge, vitale michel, whitehall in central london, yusufI of granada

A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.

On 30 January 1649 Charles I was executed on a balcony overlooking Whitehall in central London. A huge crowd, restrained by ranks of militia, gathered to witness his beheading. An eye witness reported that his severed head was thrown down and his hair cut off while soldiers dipped their swords in his blood. (more…)